Wenzel

Wenzel is a male given name (long version Wenzeslaus) as the German and Old English form of the Czech given name Václav or ,^[1]^[2] meaning "praised with glory". Variations are Вячеслав (Ukrainian and Russian), Vencel (Hungarian), Wacław, Więcław, Wiesław (Polish), Venceslas/Wenceslas (French), (Italian), Venceslau (Portuguese), Wenceslao (Spanish).

Given name

Wenzel Jamnitzer (ca. 1507–1585), Austrian-German etcher and goldsmith
Wenzel, Archduke of Austria (1561–1578), Austrian prince and Grand Prior of the Order of Malta
Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz (1711–1794), Austrian statesman
Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763), Austrian composer
Wenzel Parler (1333–1399), German-Bohemian architect
Wenzel Pichl (1741–1805), Czech composer
Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (1773–1830), Bohemian composer
Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (1773–1859), German-Austrian politician and statesman
Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner (1806–1892), Norwegian Minister of the Navy
Wenzel Storch (born 1961), German film director and producer
Josef Wenzel, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696–1772), prince of Liechtenstein
Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein (born 1995), oldest child of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and his wife Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Duchess in Bavaria
Franz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-Rietberg, (1742-1825), Austrian general, son of Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz

Surname

Andreas Wenzel (born 1958), former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein
Brian Wenzel (born 1929), Australian character actor
, American professional wrestler and manager
Carl Friedrich Wenzel (ca. 1740-1793), German chemist and metallurgist
David Wenzel (born 1950), American illustrator and children's book artist
Eberhard Wenzel (1950–2001), German-born public health researcher
Hanni Wenzel (born 1956), German-born alpine skier from Liechtenstein
Hans-Georg Wenzel (1949-1999), geodesist, geophysicist and university lecturer
Joan Wenzel (born 1953), Canadian middle-distance runner
Johann Wenzel (1902-1969) German agent of the GRU and radio specialist
Joseph W. Wenzel (born 1940), American argumentation and rhetorical scholar
Rene Wenzel, American cycling coach
Sally Wenzel, American pulmonologist
Wolfgang Wenzel (born 1929), German astronomer

References[]

^ Scheller, Andrea (2020). "Wenzel". Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands (in German).
^ "Wenzel". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013.

[DFD-1] Scheller, Andrea (2020). "Wenzel". Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands (in German).

[DAFN-2] "Wenzel". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013.

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